Crime
Smithfield woman granted $500,000 bail after caught with ganja
A woman from Smithfield, Berbice, has been granted bail set at $500,000 after she was caught with 345 pounds of marijuana. On January 24, 2026, Sarafina Pitt, 32, a housewife, and Shamay Bryan, 33, a grocery shop owner, were reportedly found with approximately 345.8 pounds of cannabis in Number 10 Village, West Coast Berbice, with...
$2.8B for a better Georgetown, major markets and green spaces to be upgraded
Georgetown’s iconic markets, historic buildings and community spaces are set for a major facelift this year, as government moves ahead...
Police silent on probe into murder of Rupununi tour guide, family considering second autopsy
Frustration is mounting for the family of tour guide, Leon Baird as they say Police have not provided any recent...
Diamond resident found guilty of killing man at Grove wedding house
Thirty-four-year old Rajen Dindial of Diamond New Scheme, East Bank Demerara was on Wednesday found guilty of killing a man...
Youth back in jail days after release
Days after being released from prison earlier this month, 20-year-old Rolex Williams is back in prison after he broke into...
Four remanded for allegedly stealing vehicles
Four men were on Wednesday remanded to prison by the Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan for allegedly stealing vehicles as the Police...
Sophia man admits to stabbing brother to death
Thirty-year-old Orin Jules on Tuesday confessed to killing his 23-year-old brother Dexter during an argument at their ‘D’ Field Sophia...
Youth remanded for allegedly stabbing man during brawl
A 21-year-old miner was remanded to prison on Tuesday by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan for allegedly stabbing a man about...
Two-day old baby boy dies after falling from hammock
Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a two-day-old baby boy who fell out of a hammock at...
Joint Services rank among three arrested in gold heist at airstrip
A businessman, a serving member of the Joint Services and another person have been arrested in connection with the brazen...
Hung jury for man accused of raping teen at knife-point
A 62-year-old Kitty, Georgetown resident will have to face another trial after a 12-member jury was unable to reach a...
Another vagrant stabbed to death
Police are investigating the murder of a 40-year-old homeless man called ‘Samaroo’ whose body was found on the pavement at...
Ruby man shot in head; cop, friends robbed in Leopold St.
A taxi driver of Ruby, East Bank Essequibo (EBE) has been admitted to the Georgetown Public Hospital after he was...
‘Sponge Bobb’ found dead at Bourda
A 35-year-old man who Police described as a vagrant was on Monday morning found dead at corners of Regent and...
‘He promised her he’d change’ – slain Guyanese woman had protection order against husband
(New York Daily News) Maybe she saw the best in him — “he promised her he’d change,” Donne Dojoy’s grieving...
Queens man who slaughtered Guyanese wife was jealous of Bollywood hunk Hrithik Roshan
(New York Post) It was a real-life Bollywood horror story. A Queens monster who fatally stabbed his wife, a bartender, and then...
Guyanese newlywed killed by husband in murder/suicide in Queens
A Guyanese woman was on Friday night stabbed to death in Queens, New York, reportedly by her newly wedded husband,...
Four years jail for Berbice men who robbed businesswoman, customers
Two Berbice residents, Silvester Joseph and Christopher Rampersaud were sentenced to four years imprisonment for robbing a businesswoman and four...
Security Guard killed in hit and run accident
A 54-year-old security guard of Patentia Squatting Area, West Bank Demerara (WBD) was killed in an accident on the Timehri...
Body of soldier recovered at Camp Jaguar
The body of a soldier, Lance Corporal Dwayne Johnson was on Friday recovered in a river aback the Medical Centre...
Woman suing State after kept in lockups for extra 8 months on ganja conviction
Attorney-at-law Darren Wade has filed a multi-million-dollar lawsuit against the State for the wrongful imprisonment of a 54-year-old Jamaican national,...
